Congratulations to Cierra Grove, Winner of the SLIG Foundations Scholarship!

 

As the scholarship recipient, Cierra will be enrolled in SLIG Fall Virtual Course 5: Foundations: The Research Process, coordinated by Annette Burke Lyttle, MA, CG.

Cierra is an aspiring genealogist from Spokane, Washington. She discovered genealogy while she was homeschooled, and spent most of her free time researching her maternal family line. While she made many mistakes in the beginning of her genealogy journey, she is now rigorously applying her research skills, creativity, and analysis to her family history.  Now in her 30’s, Cierra is finishing her BS in Biology and BA in English at Eastern Washington University. While in community college, she was selected as an awardee for the Transforming Lives award. In 2024, she received funding from the NIH as one of four MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) scholars at Washington State University. Her future goal is to work in higher education, become an accredited genealogist, and bring genealogy courses to the libraries and community colleges in Spokane. Congratulations, Cierra! Winners of additional SLIG scholarships will be announced in the coming weeks.